Legislative Alert: House Appropriations Subcommittee Releases FY 2011 Appropriation Amounts

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In early July, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science passed its funding levels for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011—that is, amounts that will fund the Department of Justice in FY 2011. The bill provides a total of almost $4 billion for state, local, and tribal law enforcement activities. Included in that total is $442 million for programs administered by the Office on Violence Against Women; $690 million for programs administered by the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) office; nearly $2.7 billion for programs administered by the Office of Justice Programs; and $413 million for Adam Walsh Act activities and other sex offender and child exploitation prevention and enforcement programs.